RTP Experiences Record Customer Growth

Company’s Integrated Point-Of-Sale Software
 and Internet Solutions Create New Customer Partnerships

August 16, 2005, Avon, Colo – RTP, the leading provider of point-of-sale software and internet solutions for the resort and recreation industries, announced the company’s new customers for the fiscal year that ended July 31, 2005.  During the fiscal year August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005, RTP experienced record customer growth.  Since its founding in 2001, RTP has provided industry-leading technology and services for more than 100 major resort and recreation customers.  

“RTP has had a tremendous year,” said Charlie L’Esperance, President & CEO of RTP, LLC.  “By providing leading software solutions coupled with award winning web design and programming, online marketing and technical services, our customers benefit by having one vendor that can fulfill many business needs.” 

RTP now leads the ski market with 16 of the top 25 mountain resorts in North America.  Some of RTP’s newest software customers include Stowe Mountain Resort, VT (www.stowe.com); Squaw Valley Resort, CA (www.squaw.com); Telluride, CO (www.telluride.com); Sun Valley Resort, ID (www.sunvalley.com); Killington, VT (www.killington.com); Windham Mountain Resort, NY (www.skiwindham.com); Tamarack Resort, ID (www.tamarackidaho.com); Bretton Woods, NH (www.brettonwoods.com); and two Intrawest resorts, Snowshoe Mountain, WV  (www.snowshoemtn.com) and Stratton, VT (www.stratton.com).  Internationally, RTP expanded into the Australian market with the addition of Perisher Blue Mountain Resort (www.perisherblue.com.au), the country’s largest ski resort, and Selwyn Snowfields (www.selwynsnow.com.au). In Canada, RTP added Sun Peaks Resort (www.sunpeaksresort.com) in British Columbia, and another Intrawest resort, Mont Tremblant (www.tremblant.ca), in Quebec.

RTP’s suite of products and services includes solutions for ticketing, season pass, retail, food & beverage, activity management, tee-sheet, rental shop management, customer information management, eCommerce, web design, Internet marketing and kiosks.  With new customers ranging in size and type from ski resorts and destination resorts to multi-site theme parks and independently owned attractions, RTP assesses each new customer’s specific needs to develop an integrated enterprise software and online solution to meet individual operating requirements and business objectives.

“RTP’s full-service approach point-of-sale and activities transaction management, integrated onsite and online systems capabilities and extensive knowledge of the ski resort business were key components in selecting them as our resort management partner." said Jamie Brewster,  Information Technology Specialist at Stowe Mountain Resort.
 

RTP continues to expand into the parks and attractions market, adding Boyne USA Resort’s Avalanche Bay Waterpark (www.avalanchebay.com) and Canada’s popular tourist attraction, Capilano Suspension Bridge (www.capbridge.com) to their customer list. 

“Given that we use RTP for our year round resort operations, including ticketing, passes, golf, retail, and our new loyalty program, BoyneRewards, RTP|ONE was the logical ticketing solution for our new indoor water park, Avalanche Bay,” said Chris Downing, IT Director of Boyne USA Resorts.  “RTP enables us to run and manage multiple aspects of our resort operations with one system, which allows us to have fewer systems to manage and maintain and we have a single database that can track sales and customer information across all our resorts.” 

RTP’s award winning Internet Solutions division also experienced significant growth in its customer base, adding Coach USA (www.coachusa.com); Coach Canada (www.coachcanada.com); Telluride (www.telluride.com); Callaway Gardens (www.callawaygardens.com); Snowmass Village (www.snowmassvillage.com); and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (www.jacksonhole.com) to its extensive portfolio of online clientele.  RTP|Internet Solutions provides its customers with tailored, integrated Internet marketing services that include website development, usability testing, content management, search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, statistical reporting and analysis, site hosting, and proactive consultative client support.

Many of RTP’s new customers come through existing relationships with major ski resorts and management companies,  including Vail Resorts (www.snow.com); Rock Resorts (www.rockresorts.com); Boyne USA Resorts (www.boyne.com); Booth Creek Ski Holdings (www.boothcreek.com) and Intrawest Corporation (www.intrawest.com); and strategic partners, such as Microsoft Corporation - Gold Certified Partner (www.microsoft.com), Symbol Technologies (www.symbol.com), and ID Edge (www.idedge.com).

“RTP has proven the ability to significantly increase incremental revenue and reduce operating costs across multiple markets with our comprehensive, integrated software and Internet solutions,” added L’Esperance. “We predict strong results for each of our new customers by leveraging media, technologies, partnerships and market demand, and delivering improved ROI to every RTP resort and recreation customer.”

About RTP
RTP is the leading provider of point-of-sale software and internet solutions for the resort and recreation industries.  RTP’s solutions are designed to enable customers to increase competitive advantage, manage more effectively and improve the guest experience by integrating RTP’s software products with eCommerce, web design and internet marketing solutions.  RTP’s customers include over 100 top destination resorts and attractions, operating in the United States, Canada, Australia and The Caribbean.  RTP is headquartered in Avon, Colorado.  For more information, visit www.rtp.com.

For More Information, Contact:
Shelley Pinkham
RTP, LLC
(970) 477-4814